Rail-chair.



J. F. VALLIN.

RAIL CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1914.

1,133,895. Patented Mar.30,1915.

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JOSEPH F. VALL-IN, OF AUDUBON, NEW JERSEY.

RAIL-CHAIR.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.. Serial No. 857,724.

1,133,895, Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 20, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. VALLIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Audubon, county of Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Rail-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in means for attaching rails to chairs and to ties, particularly metallic ties.

One object of the invention is to provide means whereby the rail can be laterally ad justed on the tie and can be rigidly secured thereto after adjustment.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for insulating the rail from the tie and chair.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1, is a transverse sectional view of my improved rail chair, showing the rail in section; Fig. 2, is an end view, showing the cross tie in section; Fig. 3, is a detached perspective view of the chair; Fig. 4, is a detached perspective view of the insulating plate; Fig. 5, is a perspective view of one of the side clamp plates; Fig. 6, is a perspective view of one of the washers; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the slotted angle plates, which are permanently secured to the tie; Fig. 8, is a perspective view of one of the washer plates; and Fig. 9, is a perspective view of one end of a tie, showing the angle plates in position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a metallic tie, of any suitable form. The one illustrated in the drawing has inclined side members 2, flanges 3, and upturned edges 4. Within the tie, directly under the rail so as to reinforce the tie at this point, are plates 5. This construction is fully illustrated and described in a companion application filed by me on the 12th day of August, 1914, under Serial N 0. 856,438.

Secured to the upper frame of the tie near each end are two angle plates 6 spaced apart to receive the chair 7 The flanges of the angle plates are turned in, as shown in Fig. 1, but they may be secured with .the flanges turned out without departing from the essential feature of the invention. The chair 7 is beveled at each side, as shown, and has a transverse slot8 therethrough, through which passes a bolt 9. Mounted on the chair is an insulating plate 10 made as clearly shown in Fig. 4. This insulating plate has a flange l1 and located within the I flange is a nonconducting lining 12 which completely insulates the chair from the plate. The rail 13 is mounted on the plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and is secured thereto by clamp plates 14, one located at each side of the chair. Each clamp plate has a flange 15 which extends over the base flange of the rail and is perforated at 16 for the passage of the transverse bolt 9. The bolt is insulated from the chair by 21 segmental nonconducting strip 17.

It will be noticed that the clamp plates 14 are arranged at an angle and, in order to compensate for this angle, I provide tapered washers 18 so that the nuts 19 on the bolt 9 will have a firm bearing against the back of each washer. By tightening the nuts on the bolt the clamp plates are drawn tightly against the base flange of the rail and against the side of the insulating plate.

The angle plates 6, which are secured to the top of the tie 1, are slotted at 20 to receive the bolt 9. By providing the slot, the bolt and the chair can be withdrawn laterally and removed from the tie without entirely withdrawing the bolt. In order to lock the bolt in position, I provide a washer plate 22 having an opening 23 through which the bolt extends, and this washer plate has a lip 24 at one end which bears against one end of the angle plate 6 so as to prevent the washer plate moving on the angle plate; this also firmly fixes the location of the bolt 9 and the chair 7 on the tie. In order to insulate the bolt 9 from the tie, I provide an insulating thimble 25. The thimble surrounds the bolt and has a flange against bolt. By this construction the chair can be adjusted laterally on the tie by backing olf one of the nuts 26 and turning the other so as to bring the rail into proper alinement, and, after adjustment, the bolt is firmly secured to the tie, and the nuts 19 on the bolt firmly secure the rail to the chair.

While I prefer to use the construction where a single bolt 9 is employed, in some instances this bolt may be duplicated, if it is found desirable.

I claim 1. The combination of a tie; upwardly projecting plates secured to the tie; a chair mounted between the said plates and resting on the tie; a non-conducting insulating plate located on the chair; a rail mounted on the insulating plate; clamp plates at each side which bears the nut 26 at the end of the.

of the chair having flanges extending over the base flange of the rails; with a 'transverse bolt securing the clamp plates to the rail and chair and securing the chair to the tie.

2. The combination of a tie having upright plates; a chair located between the said plates, said chair having a transverse slot; an insulating plate mounted on the chair and having a lining of insulating material; a rail mounted on the insulating plate; two clamp plates, one on each side of the chair and extending over the base flange of the rail, said clamp plates being perforated; a transverse bolt extending through the slot in the chair, through two perforations in the clamp plates and also through perforations in the tie plates; with two sets of nuts on the bolt, one set securing the clamp plates to the rail and chair and the other set securing the chair to the tie plates.

3. The combination of a tie having two angle plates secured thereto and spaced apart, each angle plate being perforated; a chair having tapered sides and having a transverse slot therein extending from the underside; a flanged insulating plate mounted on the chair and having insulating material therein so as to insulate the chair from the plate; a rail mounted on the insulating plate; two flanged clamp plates, one on each side of the chair, the flanges of said plates extending over the base flanges of the rail; a transverse bolt extending through the slot in the chair, through he clamp plates and through the openings in the angle plates; two sets of nutson the bolt, one set confining the clamp plates to the rail and chair and the other set confining the rail and chair to the tie; with insulating material located between the bolt and its nut and the angle plates of the tie.

4E. The combination of a tie having .upright plates spaced apart, each plate being slotted for the reception of a transverse bolt; a chair mounted on the tie between the plates; a flanged insulating plate located on the chair and having insulating material therein so as to insulate the chair from the Copies of this patent may be obtained for said plate, the chair being slotted transversely; a rail mounted on the insulating plate; clamp the base flange of the rail; a transverse bolt extending through the slot in the chair and the slots in the tie plates and through the clamp plates; nuts on the bolt confining the clamp plates to the chair; and rail insulating material between the bolt and the chair; with a washer plate located on the outside of each angle plate and perforated to receive the bolt, each of said washer plates having a lip engaging nuts on the bolt bearing against the washer plates so as to hold the chair firmly to the tie.

5. The combination of a tie having angle plates secured thereto, ing slotted; a chair having and located on the tie between the angle plates, said chair having a transverse slot therein; a flanged insulating plate mounted on the chair and having an insulating lin- V whereby the chair is insulated from the a rail mounted on the plate; two one on each side of the chair flanges extending over the s, plate; clamp plates, and having base flanges of being perforated; a transverse bolt extending through the slot in the chair, through the perforations in the clamp plates and through the slots in the angle plates; bevplates on each side of the rail and chair and having flanges extending over the end of its tie plate; with M each angle plate bebeveled side walls the rail, said'clamp plates A eled washers on the bolts bearing against the clamp plates; nuts on the bolt bearing against :the washers; washer plates perforated forthe passage of the bolt and having a lip bearing against one end of the angle plates, the nuts on the washer plates; and insulating material between the bolt and the chair and between the bolt andthe angle plates.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH F. VALLIN. Witnesses:

, VVn. E. ,Snnrn, WM. A. BARR.

Washington, D. 0.

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